1
as in tease
a person who causes repeated emotional pain, distress, or annoyance to another
I try to ignore the rude comments baiters leave on the website
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as in seducer
one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire
my sister is quite the mischievous baiter, always offering candy even though she knows I'm on a diet
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Noun
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The silly Golden Globes moment might be a tease of the type of comedy fans will get to see on Apple TV+’s The Studio, starring both Rogen and O’Hara, alongside Kathryn Hahn, Ike Barinholtz, and Chase Sui Wonders.—
Tomás Mier,
Rolling Stone,
5 Jan. 2025 -
After winning the women’s Money in the Bank match on July 6, Stratton had a number of teases, but on the first episode of SmackDown on USA, Tiffy struck.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
4 Jan. 2025
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Property owners can legally place signs on their premises to prohibit unwanted visitors, including solicitors, canvassers and other uninvited guests.—
Anne Gelhaus,
The Mercury News,
12 Jan. 2025
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The real estate solicitor Jonathan Harker has become Thomas Hutter; his fiancée, Mina, is now his wife, Ellen; his employer Renfield, secretly in thrall to the count, is renamed Herr Knock; and the role of the vampire hunter Van Helsing has been reduced and remade into Professor Sievers.—
Jason Bailey,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Jesus again rejects material gain, and finally banishes the tempter: Satan is not the real God, because there is only one God; the Devil doesn’t have the best tunes.—
James Wood,
The New Yorker,
5 Aug. 2024
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Dre Kirkpatrick let his tempter get the best of him after Arizona had stopped Seattle on third down and during a confrontation with the Seahawks’ Metcalf, got hit with a costly 15-yard taunting penalty that changed the entire complexion of the situation.—
Bob McManaman,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Nov. 2020
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Can't imagine putting my kid in that position for hours and hours at a time with a tormentor for two weeks.—
Jason Fields,
Newsweek,
5 Dec. 2024
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But Hasina’s ouster both expunged his legal travails and presented a late career change as his tormentor’s successor.—
Charlie Campbell,
TIME,
21 Nov. 2024
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In the music video, released Monday, frontwoman Michelle Zauner sings the delicate ballad, while bassist Jungle twirls in a gleaming seashell, emulating a siren.—
Kalia Richardson,
Rolling Stone,
14 Jan. 2025
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Shot said attack sirens were sounded at the refinery.—
Reuters,
CNN,
14 Jan. 2025
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New York Knicks fans — and star Karl-Anthony Towns — are cheering on the national anthem singer who pushed back after her rendition was briefly interrupted by a heckler on Thursday night.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
6 Dec. 2024
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The video shows an interaction between Kelce and a heckler outside the stadium where Penn State played Ohio State on Saturday.—
Jillian Sykes,
CNN,
4 Nov. 2024
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